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Chapter 119 Abolition of Roose Bolton

After returning to camp with Gendry, Arthur ordered him to stay with the mercenaries before turning to Sansa.

There is one more important thing he needs to do:

Let Sansa Stark abolish Lord Leech, the old Yinbi's commander in chief.

The infantry that the Boltons brought to the south was about 3000, and even with the potential allies of his family, the Freys, it was only 5000.

The total strength of the Karstark, Mandalay, Amber family and other northern second-tier families and other forces loyal to the wolf family is about [-].

Considering that before Robb broke the engagement, the Freys were considered loyal servants of the wolf family, Roose Bolton still didn't dare to violate the orders of the Stark family.

And Sansa and Robb are brothers and sisters, with her, the matter of changing Bolton can also be explained.

After Roose Bolton's commander-in-chief was withdrawn, this coalition army did not need to fight, and went directly to the West River to find Robb or garrison at Harrenhal.

At that time, Tywin will be trapped in the West River, and the time for the confluence of the Lion Flowers will be greatly delayed. It is Walder Frey's twelve sons "Lame Rosso" who contacted Emmon Frey who was in the Lion's camp, causing the Frey family to jump back secretly. With a top fighter like Arthur in the lineup, it's not certain whether the Scarlet Wedding will happen or not.

And as long as the northern soldiers loyal to the wolf family on the eastern front were still there, Bolton would not dare to think carefully.

After all, "Never Forget in the North" refers to the loyalty of the northerners to the wolf family, not to his skinning family.

A circle of Stark soldiers surrounded Sansa's tent. As far as Arthur knew, about [-]% of the [-] wolf infantry on the eastern front had been sent away by Lord Leech.

The wolf soldiers on guard nodded and moved away. They also knew that Bracken was the first to be found after their eldest lady "escaped" from the Red Castle, so they were very relieved of him.

After lifting the curtain and entering, Arthur went straight to the point: "Sansa, it's time for the life and death of your Stark family. You must remove Bolton as commander, so that this coalition can survive."

Sansa, who was still sewing, put down her needle, thread and fabric, and looked at Arthur, who was still covered in blood.

"Why don't you clean up the blood on your body, it looks very scary."

Sansa's focus is different. If she hadn't wanted to maintain a ladylike image in front of the tall and handsome Arthur, she would have pinched her nose to avoid the bloody smell.

For a noble lady like her who has never seen blood, even the blood of chicken, duck and fish, this rust-like smell is really frightening.

Arthur took a look at the already worn-out plate armor on his body, and felt that there was no problem.

In the previous battles, he often asked his servant Meidan to clean and maintain the plate armor and the chain armor underneath after the battle situation had completely stabilized.

And the only time someone forcibly asked him to clean up the smell of blood was when he borrowed soldiers in Riverrun City.

At that time, he was covered in horse blood and internal organs, and he was wary of the western border pursuers, so he didn't clean it up.At that time, the weather was hot, and it took three or four days to ferment sour and smelly.

Fortunately, now that the weather is getting colder, the blood on my body should not stink. Recently, the war has been tense, so I can only find time for a simple cleaning, and I can't do maintenance for all the plate armor.

"That's not the point." Arthur also felt that Sansa was a little smelled by the blood on his body, so he only stood at the curtain of the tent.

"The point is that while Willis Mandalay, Robert Glover and others are still there, you have to replace Roose Bolton's commander-in-chief, otherwise, according to his style of play, the northerners will be left. All of them are soldiers of his family.”

Sansa flicked her maroon hair, and then replied: "What you said makes sense, but will Roose Bolton listen to us obediently? Will other people in the north support me?"

Although she felt that Arthur smelled very offensive, she still beckoned him to come over.

"Glover, Herman Tallhart, and Willis Manderly needless to say, the three of them are diehard loyalists of your family. Although Harion, the heir of the Karstark family, was captured, his family used to be your family too. Loyal ministers, so the soldiers will support you. In this way, half of the coalition forces are on our side."

Arthur thought for a while, and then said: "Inis, the commander of the Frey family, is very good at commanding the army, but not very sensitive to political positions. Before his father Walder Frey clearly issued orders, he should also Will support the orders of the members of House Stark."

Before Robb regretted his marriage, the Frey family performed very well, and made a lot of military exploits for the Fish and Wolves Alliance. Even the first heir of the Twin River City, Stevron, was killed while fighting with Robb. Teflon's grandson, Heywad, also took the lead in every battle.

As long as Robb doesn't repent of his marriage and the Lion and Flower Confluence doesn't happen, the loyalty of the Frey family is still very reliable.

"Okay, let's go now, what shall I say then?" Sansa didn't know much about the military affairs, she only knew that her own soldiers were rapidly decreasing.

Arthur, who sneaked to the Red Keep to rescue her, made the Stark, who had been terrified since his father's death, feel safe, so she followed suit.

Arthur had already prepared a speech for her:

"First you say that he preserved his own strength and sent soldiers from other families to die, and then you accused him of doing something wrong last night. Originally, he was superior in military strength and could enter King's Landing City in one go, but let him send thousands of loyal soldiers in vain. , let the two earls Harris Hornwood and Mitch Seven die in vain. People in the north should feel these two things very well. Finally, you removed his command in the name of the Stark family. Let Robert Glover, Herman Tallhar and others jointly command and bring the coalition forces to Harrenhal, waiting for Robb's order."

The prevailing inheritance law in Westeros is fairly enlightened, allowing women to inherit titles and territories, but most lords choose to let men inherit, so there are not many countesses and duchesses.

So before Robb explicitly made Jon Snow or his two younger brothers the heir, Sansa did have the right to inherit.

The northern nobles also had to consider her opinion.

Blinking her eyes, Sansa, with intense concentration, jotted it all down.

"One more thing. Old Bolton may refuse later and make some excessive moves, so you have to stand by my side all the time, so that I can protect you."

Arthur concluded that Master Leech would not dare to attack Sansa in a place where a large number of nobles in the north were present, but he would not give up his command in order to keep his position as commander. For example, he claimed that Sansa was tricked by the river people. .

It's time to resort to violence.

If Roose Bolton dared to refuse openly, Arthur decided to settle the old and new scores together.

Arthur still remembered that the leech gave away the head of his own people last night.

If he is not dead, he has to peel off his skin.

Later, when Robb blamed him, he also had a justifiable reason.

After all, Sansa's banner was pulled.

Miss Stark nodded, adjusted her skirt, and followed Arthur out.

Twenty wolf soldiers followed suit.

Chinese army tent.

The nobles in the north are still discussing the next move. A group of radical young people insist on taking King's Landing before leaving. Of course, they are also discussing how to kill Joffrey.

The older ones, such as Robert Glover, advocated going to Harrenhal, firstly to prevent Tywin from leading his troops eastward, and secondly, to prepare to go to Xihejian to fight hard with the main force of the Lion family.

Master Leech had a gloomy face, not knowing what he was thinking.

The arrival of Sansa and Arthur caused most people to divert their attention.

"In view of Lord Bolton's immature performance last night, I have a proposal."

Miss Stark walked to the center of the big tent and said to everyone.

At this moment, basically everyone's eyes turned to her.

Master Leech noticed something was wrong, "If I have made any mistakes, please ask Miss Sansa to point them out. I will faithfully fulfill the task King Robb entrusted to me."

He emphasized the words King Robb, because the northerners still care about this.

Arthur followed Sansa quietly without making a sound.

In this case, Stark had to talk to the northerners, and the others couldn't speak well.

Sansa took a deep breath, "I think everyone knows that Lord Bolton will send soldiers from our family and other northern families to charge forward in every battle, and let his soldiers stay behind as a reserve team. It's wrong. And last night, I could have entered King's Landing City..."

Combined with what Arthur said, she began to agitate the northern nobles.

Women's weak voices are always easy to accept.

When Miss Stark spoke eloquently, the group of lonely people began to nod in approval.

"...so I have decided, in the name of Robb Stark, to abolish Roose Bolton as Commander-in-Chief of the Coalition Forces, and hand over his command to Robert Glover, Willis Manderly, Herman Talha, Arthur Bracken and other lords, the actions of the coalition forces in the future will be discussed by these lords."

Listening to Sansa's words, Arthur suddenly felt that there was a little problem.

While in her tent earlier, Arthur had not asked to be added to the joint command staff.

Firstly, it was because he was going south to find Yule and the dragon eggs, and he was ready to hatch the dragon; secondly, because in the eyes of the northerners, he was a fierce general who charged forward, and he was not good at commanding the army.

The first three are all high-status earl-level nobles in the north. Although Arthur is well-known and respected by them, his influence may not be enough.

But Sansa made her own claim and added him. Although there is no big problem, some people may catch this objection.

Lord Leech first listened to Sansa's words silently, and then explained after she finished speaking:

"It can be seen that Miss Sansa doesn't know much about marching and fighting. All the adults present should understand my behavior of sending people to save food first."

Originally, he was going to refuse to surrender his command, but he suddenly changed his mind when he saw Bracken standing behind Sansa with his head held high behind Sansa, who had not wiped off the bruises on his plate armor.

Although he was personally appointed by Robb, if Miss Stark ordered him to be taken down on the grounds of refusing to order, no one present would be able to stop the Hejian Hammer God. god.

It's still important to save your life.

After Mr. Leech secretly demoted Sansa, he expressed his loyalty again: "Of course, I will absolutely obey any order from the Stark family. Since you are better at choosing commanders than His Majesty Robb, I agree with you." Hand over your command."

He is still slandering Sansa for being ignorant and destroying Robb's plan.

Although these words were very yin and yang, it made Arthur breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's just that the people of the river should also participate in directing this matter. I think Ser Aenys Frey should want to say something." Master Leech changed the subject and asked the leader of the Frey family to express his opinion.

Ennis was standing well, but suddenly he was called by Roose Bolton, his face froze slightly, he didn't know what to say.

But after seeing Master Leech's slightly narrowed eyes, he understood what he meant.

The Marquis of Bolton was probably afraid that he would be sold out after losing his command, so he wanted to ask Innes to fight for it and participate in the command.

When the northerners were fighting among themselves, it was difficult for the Frey family to participate as the princes of the river, but Aenys happened to see his youngest brother, Alma Frey, who was serving as Roose Bolton's squire.

According to the agreement between Robb and the Frey family, some time after the war, Alma will marry Arya Stark.

Originally, Arya was just the daughter of a duke, but after Robb became king, Arya became a serious princess.

So Alma, who is about to marry the princess, is very excited recently, always bragging about how noble the Starks are in front of the Freys.

Innis weighed it over and over again, and felt that even if Bolton married his own family, it would be better to curry favor with the higher status and nobler Stark family.

After all, after two marriages and one marriage, the Frey family is really deeply bound to the Fish and Wolf family.

So he ignored the hint from the Marquis of Bolton, and said loudly: "His Majesty Robb is the king of our Frey family, and his sister is also a princess. We must obey the orders given by the princess in the name of His Majesty the King."

Roose Bolton gave Ennis a sullen look, he didn't expect this man to be so cowardly.

Naturally, the other northern nobles present had no objection, so the matter was settled.

Robert had originally advocated returning the remains of Duke Eddard before leading troops north to Harrenhal, so as soon as he was nominated by Miss Stark, he actively expressed his views.

This was originally what Arthur told Sansa, so Stark also expressed his support for this.

So everyone reached a consensus to make plans after going north to Harrenhal.

Around noon, Earl Herman Talha, who went to exchange the imp for the remains, also returned.

Because Duke Ed's torso was separated from the head, and the torso was not handled by the bachelors, the head was hung outside the Red Keep, and it had become stinky, so the people in the north became excited when they saw the remains.

Some people were going to kill Joffrey on the spot, while others were going to rush into King's Landing to kill Cersei and other royal families.

Although Sansa had seen her father's head from a distance, it was the first time for her to see the remains up close, and she burst into tears on the spot.

After being appeased by more rational people for a long time, everyone calmed down and listened to the conditions of King's Landing brought by Earl Taalha.

"Queen Cersei knew that Arthur had snatched Joffrey, so she said to let Bracken come to the city to negotiate with her, and she would agree to any conditions."

(End of this chapter)